Structural Integrity: Materials Testing - for iPod/iPhone
by The Open University
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Description
How is safety built into the design of new structures? What sort of tests are used to ascertain the safety of proposed designs? Structural integrity, the study of the safe design and assessment of materials and structures under load, has become crucial in engineering design. Concepts within stress analysis have wide applicability, as there are very few manufactured components and products that do not experience any loading during their life. The tracks on this album demonstrate a selection of specialised tests designed to tell us about the behaviour of materials under certain conditions. They also show how failure assessment can be used to obtain information as to why a component or structure failed, to better inform future designs. This material forms part of the course T357, Structural integrity: designing against failure.
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Structural Integrity: Materials Testing | A short introduction to this album. | 2/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Transcript -- Structural Integrity: Materials Testing | A short introduction to this album. | 2/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoPhotoelasticity | A technique that allows us to visualise the magnitude of stress occurring inside a material. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Transcript -- Photoelasticity | A technique that allows us to visualise the magnitude of stress occurring inside a material. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoTesting Materials: Beam & Column | Measuring the response of the material to an applied load. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Transcript -- Testing Materials: Beam & Column | Measuring the response of the material to an applied load. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoDrilling holes | The method for measuring the residual stress profile near the surface of a sample when drilling a hole. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Transcript -- Drilling holes | The method for measuring the residual stress profile near the surface of a sample when drilling a hole. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoPlane Strain | Examining the characteristics of plane strain, and the methods used to measure plane strain fracture toughness. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Transcript -- Plane Strain | Examining the characteristics of plane strain, and the methods used to measure plane strain fracture toughness. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoCorus: Specialised Tests | A company working on toughness testing to improve fabrication methods and develop new uses for materials. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | Transcript -- Corus: Specialised Tests | A company working on toughness testing to improve fabrication methods and develop new uses for materials. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoToughness Testing | Creating and fracturing a fatigue crack in order to record load and displacement. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Transcript -- Toughness Testing | Creating and fracturing a fatigue crack in order to record load and displacement. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoInterpreting Results | Finding out the toughness result of different materials, such as the steel used in pipelines. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | Transcript -- Interpreting Results | Finding out the toughness result of different materials, such as the steel used in pipelines. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoDamage Analysis | How to calculate whether damage has compromised the structural integrity of a pipeline. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | Transcript -- Damage Analysis | How to calculate whether damage has compromised the structural integrity of a pipeline. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 18 Episodes |
